#4C8AE9#4C8AE9

#4C8AE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.157 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AE9
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 233)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 40.8%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 10.30, -53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 54.92, 280.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.0307 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.157 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7717, 25.5939, 80.6042)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AE9 #E9AB4C

analogous

#4CD8E9 #4C8AE9 #5D4CE9

triadic

#4C8AE9 #E94C8A #8AE94C

tetradic

#4C8AE9 #E94CD8 #E9AB4C #4CE95D

square

#4C8AE9 #E94CD8 #E9AB4C #4CE95D

split-complementary

#4C8AE9 #E95D4C #D8E94C

monochromatic

#144EA6 #1B68DD #4C8AE9 #83AEF0 #B9D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4C8AE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4C8AE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AE9

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AE9	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E92ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4584E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ae9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.157 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabf0',
    500: '#4c8ae9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ae9;
$custom-light: #8eabf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ae9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.306,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63788,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AE9

secondary

#E6CFAB

accent

#890BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AE9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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